I love his story  his work ethic and how he is setting up the rest of his portfolio ( which frankly is somewhat contrarian to a lot of what is preached on this site)But JD its not all been wine and Roses for me  LOL.... as Account Closed mentioned 08 and that time period I made it through but just by the skin of my teeth and I am the first to admit it.. but that does not mean I forgot everything I learned leading up to that.what it taught me to be much more like Steve Vaughan in my thought process.. plus when you get older you just get more conservative..My big thing and it will always be is investors not really understanding whats involved in being a successful landlord and not understanding the risks related to certain assets class's in certain parts of the country. 

We've found a few carriers who do it, but they seem to want your eye teeth as trophies before they'll actually sign you.

ADA requirements.It was like pulling my own teeth to get approval from my locality to build a 70x15 mini stg building and a 80x50 maxi storage building on my own commercial lot.

For ownership of real estate or other time-sensitive and transaction intensive investments, it is not the right tool for the job.Equity Trust is probably one of the more expensive, least customer service friendly institutions in the industry.  

I have a great team on the ground that helped me cut my teeth and prove the concept. 

Multifamily has a very high sensitivity to economic indicators.

The easy part is turning the property around...getting the refi through is like pulling teeth.

As you gain more experience and cut your teeth, that will open you up to more sophisticate investors on future deals.

We were going to close 2 days before auction date and I had a hell of a deal, so I bit my teeth and let the 'friend' stay for a week.

Both are going to be slow and expensive relative to other options in the marketplace.Depending on your investment goals, an IRA account held by a trust company as custodian may make sense (singular, more static assets) or you may wish to evaluate a Checkbook IRA LLC or Solo 401k (multiple assets or time-sensitive/transaction-heavy assets such as rental property).There is a lot of good info here on BP on the various plan types and usage for investing in real estate.